Jennifer Wexton

In April 2017, Wexton announced that she would run in the Democratic primary for the 10th district.[17] Her state senate district included much of the eastern portion of the congressional district, wrapping around Leesburg and Sterling. In June 2018 she won a six-way primary to become the Democratic nominee.[18] In the November general election she defeated Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock[19] with 56% of the vote to Comstock's 44%.[20] Wexton is only the fifth person to represent the district since its creation in 1953, and the second Democrat. The first was Joe Fisher, who served from 1975 to 1981. Her victory resulted in the Democrats holding every seat based in the Washington suburbs.

Wexton was reelected to a second term in 2020, defeating the Republican nominee, former U.S. Marine Aliscia Andrews.[21]

Shortly after defeating Comstock, Wexton declared her support for DC statehood, saying, "that D.C. residents pay taxes and don't get any representation is absurd, and I think that we should make sure they get voting representation." DC's non-voting Congressional Delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, thanked Wexton for her comment.[22]

In May 2019 Wexton called for HUD Secretary Ben Carson's resignation after his House testimony that month. She tweeted, "As a former prosecutor, I take Congressional testimony very seriously. This week, Secretary Carson lied to me and to Congress. He lied again when he called me to 'clarify' his testimony. He’s proven himself to be deceitful & inept as HUD Secretary. He should resign."[23]

In July 2019, Wexton visited two mosques in Northern Virginia to hear from Muslim residents after President Trump attacked Somali-born congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a campaign rally.[3][24] Later that month, she announced her support for voting to impeach Trump over his request that Ukraine announce an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden.[25][26][27][28] On August 23, 2019, Wexton formed a new congressional caucus to examine and promote agritourism, which she believes could bring economic and social benefits to areas like Loudoun Valley.[29][30]

In September 2020, Wexton authored the Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020, a bill to require all publicly traded US companies to disclose whether any of their goods or part of their supply chain can be traced to the use of forced labor by ethnic minorities in Chinese internment camps or factories. The Act was a companion bill to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which seeks to keep goods made with forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China out of the US.[31]

• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
  • Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
• Committee on the Science, Space, and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

• Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
• New Democrat Coalition
• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

In a 2019 town hall event, Wexton described herself as a capitalist.[32] In 2020, she supported increasing federal spending on infrastructure improvements and subsidies for the US airline industry, which was hit by decreased travel demand during the coronavirus pandemic. She also supports expanding broadband access, particularly in rural areas.[33]

Wexton supports a bill to study the utility of credit card transactions as a warning tool for mass shootings. She suggested that "the Second Amendment and gun-violence prevention laws can coexist."[32]

Wexton supports a public option for health care, suggesting that it would provide increased competition in areas with fewer private insurance options. She does not support "Medicare for All", a move to create a single-payer healthcare system and eliminate private insurance. She supports granting the federal government the ability to negotiate prescription drug prices.[32]

Wexton supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act and opposes the Trump administration's efforts to convince the US Supreme Court to invalidate the law. In a 2020 debate, she argued that striking down the ACA would once again allow insurance companies to impose lifetime health care spending limits.[33]

Wexton supports expanding the federal seasonal agricultural worker visa program and the H-1B visa program.[33]

Wexton supports making it easier for workers to unionize. She criticized the Trump administration for not enforcing federally mandated workplace protections during the coronavirus pandemic.[33]

In January 2019, Wexton hung a transgender pride flag outside her office to show her support for the transgender community, saying, "The trans community has been under attack. I wanted to show my solidarity because we are talking about my friends and family."[34][35]